Promotional Performance: Strikeforce vs. WEC
By Eric Kamander We recently asked people which event they were looking forward to more, Strikeforce or the WEC. Many people seemed more interested in Strikeforce,...
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UFC 98 Review: Machida is the Future!
By Eric Kamander UFC 98 had some interesting potential and proved to be much more. The main event was compelling to all but the lowest common...
Does Dana White affect children’s exposure to MMA?
By Eric Kamander I want to weigh in on a recent conversation on Beatdown Radio about Dana White affecting children’s exposure to the sport. First off,...
BetUS has stepped up their game!
By Eric Kamander When I swept the BetUS UFC 94 and Affliction pickem contest I told them to step up their game and guess what? They...
Can you out pick me? Wanna BetUS?
By Eric Kamander BetUS recently held pickem contest among some of their affiliates for Affliction and UFC 94. Guess who won? Yes, yours truly. But if...
2008 Irrelevants Awards Winnersss
By Garth Hansen (garthhansen@mmaratings.net) So I’m watching the same episode of House for the third time in like four days, and a sit bolt upright, dislodging...
Dr. MMA’s Column: My Problem With WAMMA
By Tim Lee (timlee@mmaratings.net) My personal problems with WAMMA is that some of people in the committee work for promotions, train fighters, or sponsor fighters. Ranking...
2008 Irrelevant Awards
By Garth Hansen (garthhansen@mmaratings.net) There’s a lot of awards being given out, and a lot of well-planned and -executed awards being given out, at the end...
Welcome Tim Lee!
I’m happy to welcome “Dr. MMA” Tim Lee as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Tim writes for MMAFightSpace.com, and is the brains behind the scenes of...
TWOTHOUSANDNINE
By Warren Piece (warrenpiece@mmaratings.net) The following is a short list of some of the fights I am most looking forward to in the new year. Let...
Welcome Katrina Belcher!
I’m happy to welcome Katrina Belcher as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Katrina is The Ultimate Female Fighter. That is she is the founder and editor...
Welcome Warren Piece!
I’m happy to welcome Warren Piece as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Warren, who also writes at New York Fight Scene, will be adding a variety...
Is Sports Illustrated’s Ben Fowlkes even qualified to write about MMA?
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) I take great exception to some parts of this piece by Ben Fowlkes, who apparently gets to write about MMA for SI.com...
Welcome Steven M. Ledbetter!
I’m happy to welcome Steven M. Ledbetter as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Steven discovered the MMA world merely 6 months ago but makes up for...
Welcome Garth Hansen!
I’m happy to welcome Garth Hansen as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Garth, who also writes at Flying Guard Pass, will be adding his valuable thoughts,...
Welcome Nicholas Bailey!
I’m happy to welcome Nicholas Bailey as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Nicholas, who previously did his writing at Lord Humungus’ World of MMA, will be...
Weekend of MMA Affliction, Confliction and Dreams
By Eric Kamander Last weekend was a big one for MMA. On Saturday night was Affliction: Banned, and though this was Affliction’s debut event, it was...
Ratings and Fighter Rankings
By Eric Kamander Ratings and rankings are both ways to indicate someone or something’s relative standing. However, ratings seek to gauge the value within a finite...
Women’s MMA
By Eric Kamander Women’s MMA gets some flack and is sometimes even compared to WNBA. Sometimes that comparison may have some validity respective to all women’s...
Adam Swift's post on MMA Payout: “UFC 83 Review: Breaking Kayfabe”
By Eric Kamander Did you read Adam Swift’s post on MMA Payout: “UFC 83 Review: Breaking Kayfabe“ I interpreted GSP’s comments regarding him and Serra as...
